Head of the Class: Fostering Financiers in Fort Lee
Students in Fort Lee, the Bergen County town perched atop the Palisades cliffs overlooking the Hudson River, need only look south to see the skyscrapers…
School Leader, NJSBA’s quarterly magazine, focuses on trends and issues of interest to boards of education and their top administrators.
Students in Fort Lee, the Bergen County town perched atop the Palisades cliffs overlooking the Hudson River, need only look south to see the skyscrapers…
One of the fundamental responsibilities of an NJSBA policy consultant is to read and evaluate board policy manuals. This dues-based service is called the Wellness…
Sustainable Jersey, in collaboration with the New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), launched a voluntary certification-recognition program for schools in New Jersey in October. The…
As any school board member can attest, society continues to gradually increase the non-academic responsibilities and expectations of our nation’s public schools. Some responsibilities that…
Hybrid learning combines digital and face-to-face instruction in an effort to personalize the learning experience for students, and has been a common practice in general…
Workshop 2014 – held Oct. 28-30 – was a rousing success: attendance was the highest it has been in five years, the Association’s financial benchmarks…
Teaching and learning are not possible unless your students and staff are secure and safe. That’s why school security has become a major focus in…
On Nov. 15, I was honored to take the oath of office as NJSBA’s president for the 2014-2016 term. I want to thank the members…
With yet another delay in the Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate, this may seem like a good time to breathe a sigh of relief and…
Residential placements, one of the most restrictive environments along the continuum of placements to be considered by child study teams, are increasingly the source of…
Each year, school district policies are shaped by legal decisions issued by state and federal courts, the commissioner of education and other administrative agencies. Here…
She taught home economics and eighth grade science to schoolchildren in her Bergen County hometown. She was elected to her local school board; represented her…
The New Jersey State Capitol sits in the heart of Trenton, within sight of the Delaware River. From the historic interior rotunda space where stained-glass…
Can anything be done to prevent the kind of violence that occurred in Newtown? The answer – the only answer – is "We have to…